Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-12
SoRrH.s LATEST DIRECTORY.

The new directories are being distributed,
and are not only the finest, but also the
handsomest and most complete yet issued.
The binding Of blue cloth embossed In gold
is neat and attractive; the work itself con-
tains 522 pages and also a map, showing the
streets, rivers, parks, etc besides it contains
several cuts of buildings, among others the
Garfield university. The printing is in new,
clear and large type from the EAGLE job
office.
Mr.. North, the publisher, has shown great
diligence and untiring zeal in the work, and
with his corps of assistants, have sought
after the name of every resident OF the CITY,
and have worked both day and night In COM
piIing this directory.
Among other new features the numbers OF
the houses on each street, with the name OF
the house holder following it are given, and
| will prove of great convenience TO
many. There are 1850 names
| in the directory which, according
to the general custom Of compiling dnec
tory includes names of all persons above the
age of fifteen except the names of wives VINO
are not engaged in business for themselves
The number of names clearly illustrates the
rate Of increase in the city's population, as LII
1888 the city directory of l45 pages COL
tanned 1000 names: in 1885, $50 pages ana
ZOO names; in 1886, 3l3 pages and S,ooo
names, while in 1887 it reaches 522 pages
with IA 800 names The book also conveys
good idea of the number of business pursuits
of the city, of which the following is par
tial list: The abstracters of titles NUMBER
7; the architects, &c; attorneys at law, 10;
bakers, 10; banks and brokers, II; BARRIERS,
20: billiard halls, IA blacksmiths, To- BOOK
binderies, 3: boot and shoe stores, 10; Dooks
and stationery, 6; carpet dealers, 8; carriage
| factories, 5 cigar and tobacco stores, IS
clothiers, eighteen; coal dealers, ten; co..
leges, nine: commission merchants. ten; CON
dictionary stores, seventeen; contract ors
who have regularly established offices, TWEEN
ty-seven; dentists, eight; drug stores, thirty
two: dry goods, thirteen; furniture stores
nine: flour and feed mills, four; groceries
retail forty wholesale, three; hardware
stores, ten; harness stores, seven; hotels
|
dealers, five; iron works. five; insurance
agents, fifty-seven; jewelers., thirteen; lauud
ries, seventeen; livery, feed and sale stables
thirty; loan brokers, sixty-six; lumber deal
ers, eighteen; merchant tailors, seventeen
meat markets, thirty three; milliners, seven
newspapers, twelve; painters, who
have regularly established offices
thirteen; photograph, five; physicians, seven
ty-three; planning mills, six plumbers, five
printing offices, nine; queensware stores
four; real estate, $50; restaurants, sixteen
sash and door factories, three; secondhand
stores, seven: stone and marble and stone
works, six; surveyors, seven; undertakes
four: and miscellaneous kinds of business pre-
suits, numbering about one hundred.
In every respect the book is elegant anc
contains a great amount of information in
dispensable to the business man or stranger
1t shows beyond question that Wichita ha
that stability and greatness that none may
| gainSay,